Continuing Professional Development (CPD) support

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, provide an array of facilities and tools to help you in your CPD planning, execution of those plans, and recording your results.

BCS provides a number of resources to help you plan your career, including its Career Framework for IT Professionals with its associated underlying career path definitions, and SFIAplus with its enhancements to the well-established underlying SFIA model.

We provide:

The CPD framework

Guidance to help you plan and track your CPD Our CPD portal offers guidance and answers to frequently asked questions, along with examples of how to record your CPD.

Resources to help you maintain your CPD Our CPD Recording tool, the BCS Personal Development Plan, enables any IT professional to record and maintain their CPD. It allows you to record your development goals and the activities you plan and complete to reach those development goals. It has a responsive design, which enables you to use it when you need it using a compatible smartphone, tablet device or PC. You can access the tool at pdp.bcs.org. If you are a BCS member, you can use your MyBCS login and password. If you are not a member, you can register for a login and password for free.

A wide range of CPD activitiesWe publish a range of books, publications, research materials and iTunes U content, many of which can be regarded as CPD enablers. We offer professional certifications and accredited training courses. We facilitate networking through our Branches and Specialist groups.